Adjustable hame.



No. 887,146. Q PATENTED MAY 12, 1908 B..H. STOVER. ADJUSTABLE HAME.

AIPLIOATION FILED FEB. 12, 1907.

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BENJAMIN H. STOVER, OF LA OROSSE, KANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE HAME Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Application filed February 12, 1907. Serial No. 356,984.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BENJAMIN H. STovER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of La Crosse, in the county of Rush and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hames for harness, of that class in which provision is made for adjustment so as to adapt the hame for use with collars of different sizes and for the adjustment of the point of attachment of the traces.

The present invention has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple and inexpensive adjustable hame of the Concord bolt type; I provide the hame with a metallic plate having a series of openings into which the ends of the bolts are threaded after passing through openings in the hame, the two bolts thus secured in the hame being provided with openings through which passes a vertical bolt, headed at one end and provided at the other with a nut, a sleeve loosely surrounding the vertical bolt between the hori zontal adjustable bolt. The hame thus constructed is simple, strong and durable, efficient in use and the bolt readily adjusted.

Other objects and advantages of the inven tion will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals and reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hame embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged substantially vertical section through that portion of the hame embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawing, it may be here stated that the hame may be of any of the well-known or approved forms of construction except as pertains to the lower part thereof. Hence it is deemed unnecessary to make any mention of any of the other portions of the hame.

Referring then more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, 1 designates the hameproper. 2 is a metal facing plate, while 3 isa metallic plate, generally of steel secured to or set into a recess in the opposite face of the hame, being secured thereto in any suitable way, as by screws 4. This plate is provided with a series of screw threaded openings 5, while the hame proper is provided with a series of coincident openings 6 extending therethrough and through the facing plate 2, as seen clearly in Fig. 2. 7 are bolts screw threaded at one end, as seen at 8, to engage the threaded openings 5 in the plate 3, the other ends of said bolts being formed with eyes 9, and with the enlargements 10 forming shoulders 11 which engage the facing plate 2 to limit the inward movement of the bolts. 12 is a bolt passed through the openings in the eyes 9, being provided with a head 13, and. its other end screw threaded to receive a nut 14;. 15 is a sleeve loosely encircling the bolt 12 between the eyes 9 of the bolt 7, as seen in Fig. 2.

The mode of use will be apparent. Fig. 2 shows clearly the manner in which the parts are assembled; the bolts 7 are engaged in the appropriate holes 5, according to the desired height, and then the bolt 12 is passed through the openings in the eyes 9, and through the sleeve 15 which is placed between the eyes, and then the nut 14 is applied. To accomplish any desired adjustment, a reversal of these operations is all that is necessary. The ends of the bolts 7 are preferably tapered, as shown at 16 in Fig. 3, so that when screwed in to their fullest extent said ends will conform to the incline of the outer face of the plate 3.

What is claimed as new is 1- As an improved article of manufacture, the adjustable hame herein described consisting of the hame proper, a metal facing plate, upon one face of the hame, a metallic plate set into a recess in the opposite face of the hame with its outer face inclined with reference to the first mentioned plate, said plates and hame being provided with a plurality of openings, those in one of said plates being threaded, means passed through the inclined plate upon 0 posite sides of said openings and into the ame, threaded bolts remlovaibly engaged ircl1 staid 0 enings for gertica a justment, sai 0 ts ein provi ed T with enlargements to engage the fglcing plate BER JAMIN STOVER' and the threaded ends being tapered to con- Witnesses: form to the incline of the outer face of the W. MILLARD,

other plate, said bolts having eyes, and a ver- H. W. GRASS, Jr.

tical bolt passed through said eyes and serving to prevent unscrewing of the e e bolts, all 10 substantially as shown and descri ed. 

